Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A central European primrose (Primula auricula) having large yellow flowers grouped in umbels. Also called bear's ear.
- n. Any of numerous hybrids of this species with other primroses.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In botany, a garden flower derived from the yellow Primula Auricula, found native in the Swiss Alps, and sometimes called bear's-ear from the shape of its leaves. It has been cultivated for centuries by florists, who have succeeded in raising from seed a great number of beautiful varieties.
- n. Same as auricle
- n. [capitalized] [NL.] In zoology, a genus of phytophagous or plant-eating pulmonate gastropods, typical of the family Auriculidæ. A. judæ and A. midæ are examples. They are known as ear-shells.
- n. [NL.] In echinoderms, one of the perforated processes into which the ambulacral and sometimes the interambulacral plates are produced, and which arch over the interior of the ambulacra, as in the typical echini, or sea-urchins. See cut under Echinoidea.
Wiktionary
- n. anatomy The external part of the ear
- n. anatomy A small conical pouch projecting from either atrium of the heart
- n. palynology A pronounced thickening at the corner of a trilete spore, beyond the end of the laesura
- n. horticulture The ornamental primrose Primula auricula
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves,
bear's-ear . - n. A species of Hirneola (Hirneola auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also
auricula Judæ , orJew's-ear . - n. A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish.
- n. One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart
- n. yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated
Etymologies
- From Latin auricula (Wiktionary)
- Latin, auricle; see auricle. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The scientific name comes from the Latin 'auricula'-external ear of animals and' forma 'form, figure or shape', in allusion to the shape of the pod.”
“The external ear is also called the auricula or pinna.”
“The arteries of the auricula are the posterior auricular from the external carotid, the anterior auricular from the superficial temporal, and a branch from the occipital artery.”
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 1. The External Ear
“The auricula is a small conical muscular pouch, the margins of which present a dentated edge.”
“Thus I saw a gardener sell a gentleman a large yellow auricula, that is to say, a _running away_, for”
“This is due to the microclimatic conditions present in the collapsed galleries and the shallow chasms of the river valley, allowing Mediterranean species such as Adiantum capillus-veneris to grow beside Alpine species such as Primula auricula and Viola biflora.”
“Si quis nuptam stuprarit, virga virilis ei praeciditur; si mulier, nasus et auricula praecidatur.”
“Et sciatis me quandoque in tempore opportuno ab eis interrogasse de his signis, qui responderunt quòd inclinare caput Domino ad illius horæ momentum, foret confirmatio omnibus diebus vitæ suæ, ad obediendum ipsi et fidelitatem obseruandam imperio, nec posse corrumpi promissionibus siue donis, quódque digitum in auricula imponere, obturatio est auditus contra omnia”
“The poem is re-created in glowing phrases — “A rich distilled perfume emanates from it like the breath of genius; a golden cloud envelops it; a honeyed paste of poetic diction encrusts it, like the candied coat of the auricula”.”
“Et sciatis me quandoque in tempore opportuno ab eis interrogasse de his signis, qui responderunt qu騞 inclinare caput Domino ad illius hor� momentum, foret confirmatio omnibus diebus vit� su�, ad obediendum ipsi et fidelitatem obseruandam imperio, nec posse corrumpi promissionibus siue donis, qu骴que digitum in auricula imponere, obturatio est auditus contra omnia”
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